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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2012
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Chaoxin Charles Qiu, Austin, TX (US);
Robert F. Dailey, Austin, TX (US);
Satish Parolkar, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving and granting, by a first session border controller, registration requests from a plurality of communication devices, where the plurality of communication devices are assigned to a second session border controller as a primary source for communication services, and where the registration requests are received responsive to the second session border controller being unable to provide services to the plurality of communication devices. The method can further include receiving, by the first session border controller, a re-registration request from one of the plurality of communication devices, and transmitting, by the first session border controller, a message to the one of the plurality of communication devices responsive to receiving the re-registration request to cause the one of the plurality of communication device to register with the second session border controller. Other embodiments are disclosed.